A new report from international aid agency Oxfam outlines how simple actions like storing apples correctly and putting a lid on a pan while cooking can have a major impact on tackling hunger around the world.
Young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who want to drive change in their communities are invited to apply for Oxfam Australia’s ChangeCourse leadership program.
In the lead up to yesterday’s Tokyo conference on the future of Afghanistan, Oxfam, which currently works in 18 of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces, has been raising concerns about whether enough will be done to protect women and girls as international forces withdraw from Afghanistan and political deals are negotiated with armed organisations like the Taliban.
One year after South Sudan’s independence on July 9, the young country is facing its worst humanitarian crisis since the end of the war in 2005, under the weight of severe economic meltdown and ongoing conflict. Long-term and emergency efforts to help nearly half the population, who don’t have enough to eat, could be derailed by an economy out of control, warned the international aid agency Oxfam.
In recent weeks, there have been reports of young girls and teachers in the northern Takhar province of Afghanistan being poisoned in an attempt to stop them from going to school.
Development gains made in Afghanistan over the last decade are in danger of being thrown away if levels of aid fall away in conjunction with the withdrawal of international troops in 2014, Oxfam warned today.
In her first major speech on Australian aid since Labor broke its promise to the world’s poor in last month’s Budget, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop tonight has the opportunity to put pressure on the government to put the aid program back on track and make a real change to the lives of millions of people.
Oxfam is preparing for further flooding in Bangladesh, as the water from India’s Assam state makes its way down river.
Leading chefs such as Julie Goodwin, Kylie Kwong and Neil Perry were joined by popular food bloggers and home cooks alike in contributing vegetable-based recipes to raise awareness of Oxfam’s work to tackle global hunger and to draw attention to our Stop Hunger appeal.
Despite being worth an estimated $1.2 trillion annually, the arms trade has less international controls than the trade in bananas or iPods. This means that all too often guns and other weapons are ending up in the hands of human rights abusers and repressive regimes.